As you may have noticed I took a break from blogging this summer. Now that we are getting into our groove here in Oklahoma we have found our schedule increasingly busier. We have a local homeschool co-op, monthly art workshops, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, church, choir, and more! But the main reason that I haven’t [...][Continue Reading...]

Are you ready for our second review from Tuttle Publishing? These books are going to appeal to way more of my readers because they are. . . . children’s books! Children’s books about Korea from Tuttle Publishing Along with the language phrasebooks, Tuttle was gracious enough to send us some gorgeous hardcover children’s books to [...][Continue Reading...]

When I first moved to Korea, I knew the basic alphabet and a few phrases from listening to podcasts online. It took me a while to feel comfortable even trying to communicate in Korean past the basic hellos and thank you’s. But when we started exploring and travelling more – there were times when I [...][Continue Reading...]

Welcome to 2015! This past year I felt as if my blog took a slow turn when we returned to the US after living abroad. Our lives were not as exciting, not as interesting, and my motivation for blogging kind of left. Settling down here in Oklahoma has taken a lot out of us; not [...][Continue Reading...]

It’s time for another field trip! Over Labor Day weekend my mom came for a visit. The weather was still pretty hot, but we wanted to show her the sites around Fort Sill. So on a cooler Sunday afternoon we took a drive out to the mountains and discovered another treasure inside the Wichita Mountains [...][Continue Reading...]

We’ve been in Oklahoma for a few weeks now, and in the midst of unpacking and settling down Jay had a 10 day vacation. We spent most of that time in search of furniture and taking care of business. But we did have plenty of time to explore the area! Jay had been to Fort [...][Continue Reading...]

Hello again my friends! The past couple of months have been a roller-coaster ride of emotions. If you didn’t already know, our time in Korea was cut short due to Jay being selected for a job at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. So as the days grew warmer and summer began to blossom, we were in full [...][Continue Reading...]

Last year we didn’t really have a Christmas. We were in the midst of planning and packing to more here to South Korea. And so we spent most of December and January tidying up our lives and visiting family that we wouldn’t see in a long while. This year, we have Christmas spirit oozing out [...][Continue Reading...]